Frank Parth

Frank Parth, MS, MSSM, MBA, PMP brings 30 years experience in project/program management and technology development to his teaching and consulting work. He has consulted to clients in multiple industry sectors, including high tech, food processing, construction, chemical processing, utilities, government, aerospace, healthcare, the consulting industry, and financial services. He is active within the Project Management Institute, most recently serving as the project management for PMI’s Standard for Program Management, 2nd edition. Mr. Parth has been an adjunct professor of project management and systems engineering at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) Extensions program since 1994. He is a guest lecturer at USC’s Marshall School of Business and at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE and has developed and taught courses for the American Management Association. He is an accomplished international trainer having taught over 3000 students in the U.S., U.K., Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. He is the co-author of Introduction to IT Project Management, published by Management Concepts (2006) and is currently under contract to write a book on Enterprise Portfolio Management for them. He has published multiple articles in professional journals around the world.